The City of Pawtucket, in partnership with the Pawtucket Foundation, have begun a new project to reshape downtown Pawtucket. The Pawtucket Downtown Design Plan (PDDP) is a design study to help improve traffic patterns, parking, public space, and zoning to enhance the quality of downtown for residents, businesses and visitors. The contract for the project has been awareded to Thurlow Small Architecture, a Pawtucket based firm that built a project team of architecs, designers, engineers and communication experts. Over the course of 2010/2011 the team will host a series of community meetings to gather input, share progress and release their final report.